Robert Redford Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“I began by doing a lot of character work on TV, just fun acting parts.”

“I think a lot of people thought my career started with Butch Cassidy.”

“Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it.”

“The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.”

“I love making films more than anything, but it's tough.”

“When I go for a project, I wonder what underpinning a project will have that's going to give the audience some emotional access to it.”

“I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.”

“If you talk about an issue, what comes back is a description of what you're wearing. Reporters only want to know how tall you are and if your teeth are capped.”

“What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story.”

“Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every year in my opinion.”